Explanation: laying in contracted position on the left side or right side - i.e foetal position
c'est la terminologie utilisée en matière d'archéologie et de sépultures antiques
Tombes du Nil, Trésor funéraire de la Nubie : LA SEPULTURE ... - [ Translate this page ]
... Le témoignage le plus significatif de cette évolution est l’abandon de la position
contractée, héritée de la préhistoire, au profit de la position ... www.mairie-villeneuvedascq.fr/histoire/ expositions/egypto/expo/sepnapa.htm
Ancient Cyprus webproject
... populations of Asia Minor. The inhumation prevails and the dead is
laying on the right side in contracted position.
Kurgan Culture
... wall on the slope approaching the fourth side. ... containing single burials in a contracted
position, with pottery ... her golden crown is visible - laying a golden ...
Description: Detailed description of the archaeological findings associated with the "Kurgan culture",...
Category: Science > Social Sciences > ... > Proto-Indo-European www.iras.ucalgary.ca/~volk/sylvia/Kurgans.htm - 55k -
Explanation: or more idiomatically :
hunched up
bent over
These idiomatic terms sound better but they're riskier unless you really know in what way the old lady was "contracted"
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More alternatives:
in a crouched position
huddled up
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More alternatives:
in a crouched position
huddled up
William Stein United States Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 16
Explanation: laying in contracted position on the left side or right side - i.e foetal position
c'est la terminologie utilisée en matière d'archéologie et de sépultures antiques
Tombes du Nil, Trésor funéraire de la Nubie : LA SEPULTURE ... - [ Translate this page ]
... Le témoignage le plus significatif de cette évolution est l’abandon de la position
contractée, héritée de la préhistoire, au profit de la position ... www.mairie-villeneuvedascq.fr/histoire/ expositions/egypto/expo/sepnapa.htm
Ancient Cyprus webproject
... populations of Asia Minor. The inhumation prevails and the dead is
laying on the right side in contracted position.
Kurgan Culture
... wall on the slope approaching the fourth side. ... containing single burials in a contracted
position, with pottery ... her golden crown is visible - laying a golden ...
Description: Detailed description of the archaeological findings associated with the "Kurgan culture",...
Category: Science > Social Sciences > ... > Proto-Indo-European www.iras.ucalgary.ca/~volk/sylvia/Kurgans.htm - 55k -
Jean-Luc Dumont France Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 8
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +1
